You shall keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּםthe festival of Unleavened Bread,אֶת הַמַּצּוֹתforכִּיon this veryבְּעֶצֶם הַזֶּהdayהַיּוֹםI brought outהוֹצֵאתִיyour armiesאֶת צִבְאוֹתֵיכֶםfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt;מִצְרָיִםand you shall keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּםthisהַזֶּהdayאֶת הַיּוֹםthroughout your generationsלְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםas a statuteחֻקַּתforever.עוֹלָם
Exodus 12:17
Study it in the app“You shall keep the festival of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought out your armies from the land of Egypt; and you shall keep this day throughout your generations as a statute forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:17, word by word
- You shall keepשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemartem” appears- the festival of Unleavened Breadמַּצּוֹתmatsot
unleavened bread
Unleavened bread, made quickly because the dough does not have to rise; also the feast of Unleavened Bread.
Where else “matsot” appears- on this veryעֶצֶםetsem
very
With "day", it means "that very day", stressing that it happened right then.
Where else “etsem” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- I brought outהוֹצֵאתִיhotseti
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotseti” appears- your armiesצִבְאוֹתֵיtsivote
army
An army.
Where else “tsivote” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- throughout your generationsדֹרֹתֵיdorote
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorote” appears- as a statuteחֻקַּתchukat
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukat” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
16On the first day a holy convocation, and on the seventh day a holy convocation you shall have. No work shall be done on them; only what is eaten by every person, that alone may be done by you.
17 · This verse (above)
18In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month, in the evening.